A Russian historian who was researching his country's treatment of German prisoners of war during World War II was charged on Thursday with violating privacy laws. Mikhail Suprun was in the process of conducting research on the hardships faced...
Two of the victims of Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard Madoff sued the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in federal court on Wednesday, seeking $2.4 million in damages. The complaint , filed...
A court in China sentenced six individuals to death on Thursday for their part in the July riots in Urumqi , capital of China's Xinjiang province. The convictions stemmed from assaults that resulted in the deaths of...
The accused leader of the so-called "Toronto 18" Zakaria Amara pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of planning to bomb three targets within the province of Ontario in 2006. Those targets included the Toronto...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi has been returned to his home country . The US government alleged that Al-Mutairi had fought against American...
Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan on Wednesday urged Kenya to establish a local tribunal to prosecute those who perpetrated violence in the wake of the 2007 presidential elections . Annan...
The Australian public wants legislative protections for human rights in their country, according to a government report released Wednesday by the Human Rights Consultation Committee . According to the report, Australians believe that their country adequately protects...
Judge Tena Callahan of the 302nd Family District Court in Texas ruled Thursday that her Dallas family court has jurisdiction to hear the divorce proceedings of a Texas same-sex couple who were married in Massachusetts in 2006....
US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed an executive order making it illegal for federal employees or government contractors to use text messaging while driving. The order encompasses employee use of government owned or leased cars, as well...
Judge Royce Lambeth of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday released a 191-page opinion expressing frustration with the inability of victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism to receive their court-ordered judgments. In...
